| Author | Beauvois | |
| Distribution | Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain; scarce on barrier islands. Ranges north only to Greene, Harnett, and Moore counties.
Coastal Plain, NC to southern FL and southeastern LA. | |
| Abundance | Generally fairly common over the range. Individual populations may have abundant plants. The website editors suggest a State Rank of S4. | |
| Habitat | Xeric sands and nutrient-poor sandy soil with little competition: sandpits, scrapes, sandhills, poor fields, oak scrub on Carolina bay rims, interdune flats. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting August-October. | |
| Identification | This weak-looking grass grows 1-2 feet tall, a few to several stems from the base. The leaves are at most 2 mm wide. The terminal inflorescence is composed of 3-7 well-spaced spikelets, usually purplish and 2-5 flowered. It is very similar to Purple Sandgrass (T. purpurea), but the stem internodes are pubescent (vs. glabrous internodes in that species). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| Other Common Name(s) | Southern Sandgrass | |
| State Rank | S3? [S4] | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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